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Harold Pinter quotes: Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.

Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.

Harold Pinter quotes: I don't intend to simply go away and write my plays and be a good boy. I intend to remain an independent and political intelligence in my own right.

I don't intend to simply go away and write my plays and be a good boy. I intend to remain an independent and political intelligence in my own right.

Harold Pinter quotes: Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of the world.

Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of the world.

Harold Pinter quotes: While The United States is the most powerful nation the world has ever seen, it is also the most detested nation that the world has ever known.

While The United States is the most powerful nation the world has ever seen, it is also the most detested nation that the world has ever known.

Harold Pinter quotes: I also found being called Sir rather silly.

I also found being called Sir rather silly.

Harold Pinter quotes: I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.

I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.

Harold Pinter quotes: Nothing is more sterile or lamentable than the man content to live within himself.

Nothing is more sterile or lamentable than the man content to live within himself.

Harold Pinter quotes: If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect.

If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect.

Harold Pinter quotes: A short piece of work means as much to me as a long piece of work.

A short piece of work means as much to me as a long piece of work.

Harold Pinter quotes: I think that NATO is itself a war criminal.

I think that NATO is itself a war criminal.

Harold Pinter quotes: I know little of women. But I've heard dread tales.

I know little of women. But I've heard dread tales.

Harold Pinter quotes: I could be a bit of a pain in the arse. Since I've come out of my cancer, I must say I intend to be even more of a pain

I could be a bit of a pain in the arse. Since I've come out of my cancer, I must say I intend to be even more of a pain in the arse.

Harold Pinter quotes: I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.

Harold Pinter quotes: The weasel under the cocktail cabinet.

The weasel under the cocktail cabinet.

Harold Pinter quotes: Rationality went down the drain donkey's years ago and hasn't been seen since.

Rationality went down the drain donkey's years ago and hasn't been seen since.

Harold Pinter quotes: One is and is not in the centre of the maelstrom of it all.

One is and is not in the centre of the maelstrom of it all.

Harold Pinter quotes: I think it is the responsibility of a citizen of any country to say what he thinks.

I think it is the responsibility of a citizen of any country to say what he thinks.

Harold Pinter quotes: How can the unknown merit reverence?

How can the unknown merit reverence?

Harold Pinter quotes: I ought not to speak about the dead because the dead are all over the place.

I ought not to speak about the dead because the dead are all over the place.

Harold Pinter quotes: I mean, if a thing works, if a thing is right, respect that, acknowledge it, respect it and hold to it.

I mean, if a thing works, if a thing is right, respect that, acknowledge it, respect it and hold to it.

Harold Pinter quotes: I would never use obscene language in the office. Certainly not. I kept my obscene language for the home, where it belongs.

I would never use obscene language in the office. Certainly not. I kept my obscene language for the home, where it belongs.

Harold Pinter quotes: I hate brandy...it stinks of modern literature.

I hate brandy...it stinks of modern literature.

Harold Pinter quotes: I thought the plays would speak for themselves. But they didn't.

I thought the plays would speak for themselves. But they didn't.

Harold Pinter quotes: I know the place. It is true. Everything we do Corrects the space Between death and me And you.

I know the place. It is true. Everything we do Corrects the space Between death and me And you.

Harold Pinter quotes: Beckett had an unerring light on things, which I much appreciated.

Beckett had an unerring light on things, which I much appreciated.

Harold Pinter quotes: I believe the US is a truly monstrous force in the world, now off the leash for obvious reasons.

I believe the US is a truly monstrous force in the world, now off the leash for obvious reasons.

Harold Pinter quotes: I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?

I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?

Harold Pinter quotes: It's very difficult to feel contempt for others when you see yourself in the mirror.

It's very difficult to feel contempt for others when you see yourself in the mirror.

Harold Pinter quotes: There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened.

There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened.

Harold Pinter quotes: Apart from the known and the unknown, what else is there?

Apart from the known and the unknown, what else is there?

Harold Pinter quotes: I don't give a damn what other people think. It's entirely their own business. I'm not writing for other people.

I don't give a damn what other people think. It's entirely their own business. I'm not writing for other people.

Harold Pinter quotes: Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt.

Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt.

Harold Pinter quotes: There are some good rules and there are some lousy rules.

There are some good rules and there are some lousy rules.

Harold Pinter quotes: Occasionally it does hit me, the words on a page. And I still love doing that, as I have for the last 60 years.

Occasionally it does hit me, the words on a page. And I still love doing that, as I have for the last 60 years.

Harold Pinter quotes: The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act ofblatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law.

The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act of
blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute
contempt for the concept of international law.

Harold Pinter quotes: The Room I wrote in 1957, and I was really gratified to find that it stood up. I didn't have to change a word.

The Room I wrote in 1957, and I was really gratified to find that it stood up. I didn't have to change a word.

Harold Pinter quotes: I can't really articulate what I feel,

I can't really articulate what I feel,

Harold Pinter quotes: This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.

This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.

Harold Pinter quotes: I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays.

I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays.

Harold Pinter quotes: Isn't it true that every aristocrat wants to die?

Isn't it true that every aristocrat wants to die?

Harold Pinter quotes: Referees are the law. They have a whistle. They blow it. And that whistle is the articulation of God's justice.

Referees are the law. They have a whistle. They blow it. And that whistle is the articulation of God's justice.

Harold Pinter quotes: I believe an international criminal court is very much to be desired.

I believe an international criminal court is very much to be desired.

Harold Pinter quotes: The crimes of the U.S. throughout the world have been systematic, constant, clinical, remorseless, and fully documented but nobody talks about them.

The crimes of the U.S. throughout the world have been systematic, constant, clinical, remorseless, and fully documented but nobody talks about them.

Harold Pinter quotes: The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember.

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember.

Harold Pinter quotes: Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you ... at any time.

Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you ... at any time.

Harold Pinter quotes: I saw Len Hutton in his prime, Another time, another time.

I saw Len Hutton in his prime, Another time, another time.

Harold Pinter quotes: You are in no man's land. Which never moves, which never changes, which never grows older, but remains forever, icy and silent.

You are in no man's land. Which never moves, which never changes, which never grows older, but remains forever, icy and silent.

Harold Pinter quotes: It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940's, but I felt I had to stick to my guns.

It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940's, but I felt I had to stick to my guns.

Harold Pinter quotes: The more acute the experience, the less articulate its expression.

The more acute the experience, the less articulate its expression.

Harold Pinter quotes: The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years of work - which I thought was okay.

The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years of work - which I thought was okay.

Harold Pinter quotes: It's so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked.

It's so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked.

Harold Pinter quotes: I was brought up in the War. I was an adolescent in the Second World War. And I did witness in London a great deal of the Blitz.

I was brought up in the War. I was an adolescent in the Second World War. And I did witness in London a great deal of the Blitz.

Harold Pinter quotes: I no longer feel banished from myself.

I no longer feel banished from myself.

Harold Pinter quotes: One's life has many compartments.

One's life has many compartments.

Harold Pinter quotes: When you lead a life of scholarship you can't be bothered with the humorous realities, you know, tits, that kind of thing.

When you lead a life of scholarship you can't be bothered with the humorous realities, you know, tits, that kind of thing.

Harold Pinter quotes: Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.

Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.

Harold Pinter quotes: One way of looking at speech is to say that it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.

One way of looking at speech is to say that it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.

Harold Pinter quotes: All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans - is called collateral damage.

All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans - is called collateral damage.

Harold Pinter quotes: There are places in my heart ... where no living soul ... has ... or can ever ... trespass.

There are places in my heart ... where no living soul ... has ... or can ever ... trespass.